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ArticleFood science & nutrition2024

A randomized controlled trial of sweet basil leaf powder-enriched cookies for anemia management in adolescent girls.

Farah Naz Akbar, Shahid Mahmood, Ghulam Mueen-Ud-Din, Waseem Khalid, Muhammad Zubair Khalid, Zaira Aziz, Saleh Alfarraj, Mohammad Javed Ansari, Felix Kwashie Madilo

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Article in Food science & nutrition, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors.

Farah Naz AkbarInstitute of Food Science and Nutrition University of Sargodha Sargodha Pakistan.
Shahid MahmoodInstitute of Food Science and Nutrition University of Sargodha Sargodha Pakistan.
Ghulam Mueen-Ud-DinInstitute of Food Science and Nutrition University of Sargodha Sargodha Pakistan.
Waseem KhalidUniversity Institute of Food Science and Technology, The University of Lahore Lahore Pakistan.
Muhammad Zubair KhalidDepartment of Food Science Government College University Faisalabad Faisalabad Pakistan.
Zaira AzizPakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Islamabad Pakistan.
Saleh AlfarrajZoology Department College of Science, King Saud University Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad Javed AnsariDepartment of Botany Hindu College Moradabad (Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Bareilly) Moradabad India.
Felix Kwashie MadiloDepartment of Food and Science and Technology Ho Technical University Ho Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-6658

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of sweet basil leaf powder as a natural source of iron for the treatment of anemia in adolescent girls. Purposive sampling technique of two-stage sampling; part of the nonprobability sampling approach. Out of 2400 approached adolescent girls, 1645 agreed to participate and their nutritional status was assessed. Of these, 89.95% had clinical signs and symptoms of anemia, and 59.79% were found to be anemic based on Hb levels. From the anemic group, 65.18% were randomly selected to receive either B

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adolescent girlsanemiaHb levelhematological parametersnutritional status

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